mr. trumka. our next speaker i want to say congratulations the new president of the american association of state highway and transportation officials and he is also the secretary of the transportation cabinet so we are very pleased to meet you mr. hancock. >> good morning chairman boxer ranking member vitter and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity on behalf of aashto to share our views of on the importance of robust federal investment in surface transportation. the potential near-term impacts of the cash shortfall in the highway trust fund and the longer-term impacts associated with uncertainty and instability of the highway trust fund. i have to say i'm very encouraged by the remarks i have heard this morning. i would like to share two points with you. first the threat to the states the construction industry and the overall economy is real. it's closer than originally estimated. we could face serious economic disruptions as early as this summer if the u.s. d.o.

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mr. richard trumka, they are down in houston right now. and they are trying to stake out their strategy might be. i would say that they would go and file election objections. >> what you think will be the next contrast between the two in your organization organized labor in this country? what is the next battlefield? >> well, you know, we have lots of work to do and we have 263 cases currently pending on behalf of employees in cases like this. he would've used this ending up in the nissan plant. and i think the trajectory has been stalled by the statement in the voices of these workers. lou: we appreciate it the obama administration ramping up the rhetoric again. against climate change. >> climate change cannot be considered another weapon of mass instruction. >> a strong start. members of the mainstream media taking their cues from the white house. the climate changed debate between bill --minus-sign sky and marsha blackburn. >> there is not consensus there. >> you can't really say that their hundreds of scientists who have gone together